Monday, February 16, 2015

USATE 2015, Day 2

On Sunday, I played these games at the U.S. Amateur Team East tournament.

Round Three: King's Indian Defense

Greg Tomkovich (USCF 1695) - Jim West (USCF 2208), Parsippany NJ 2/15/2015

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.O-O Nc5 9.Bc2 a5 10.f3 c6 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Qd2 cxd5 13.cxd5 Bd7 14.Rac1 Rfc8 15.Kh1 Qd8 16.a3 a4


17.Qd1 b5 18.b4 axb3 19.Bxb3 Rxa3 20.Rb1 b4 21.Na2 Nxb3 22.Nxb4 Nc5 23.Bf2 Raa8 24.Qd2 Ncxe4 25.fxe4 Nxe4 26.Qe3 Nxf2+ 27.Qxf2 f5 28.Ng3 Qe7 29.Rfe1 e4 30.Qe2 Bc3 31.Red1 Bxb4 32.Rxb4 Rab8 33.Rbd4 Qf7


34.Qd2 Bb5 35.Qf4 Rd8 36.Qg5 Qg7 37.h4 h5 38.R4d2 Bd3 39.Kh2 Rf8 40.Qf4 Qe5 41.Qh6 Qf6 42.Qf4 Kh7 43.Rc1 Rf7 44.Rc6 Qe5 45.Qg5 f4 46,Qxe5 dxe5 47.Ne2 Bxe2 48.Rxe2 f3 49.gxf3 exf3 50.Rf2 Rd8


51.d6 e4 52.Kg3 Rf6 53.Rc7+ Kg8 54.Re7 Rdxd6 55.Rxe4 Rd3 56.Rf4 Kg7 57.R2xf3 Rxf4 58.Kxf4 Rd4+ 59.Kg3 Rg4+ 60.Kh3 Ra4 61.Kg3 Ra5 62.Kh3 Ra6 63.Kg3 Rb6 64.Kh3 Rf6 65.Kg3 Rf5 66.Rf4 Kf6


67.Kf3 Ke5 68.Rxf5+ Kxf5 69.Kg3 Ke4 70.Kh3 Kf3 71.Kh2 Kg4, White resigns.



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Round Four: Sicilian Defense, King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2208) - Patrick Melosh (USCF 1705), Parsippany NJ 2/15/2015

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Bg4 7.h3 Bd7 8.Nbd2 Nf6 9.a4 a6 10.Nc4 b5 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Qxa8 13.Nb6 Qa7 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.c3 O-O 16.h4 b4


17.Qc2 Qa2 18.cxb4 Nxb4 19.Qc4 Rb8 20.Bh3 Qxc4 21.dxc4 Ne5 22.Nxe5 Bxe5 23.Bd7 Nd3 24.Bb5 Nxc1 25.Rxc1 Bxb2 26.Rc2 Bd4 27.Ra2 Rb7 28.Kg2 Kg7 29.g4 h5 30.g5 f6 31.f4 fxg5 32.fxg5 Be5 33.Ra8, draw.